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confidant

Pronunciation:  `kânfi'dant

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 Definition: [n]  someone to whom private matters are confided
 
 Synonyms: intimate
 
 See Also: confidante, friend, repository, secretary

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante
 
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 Related Terms: acquaintance, admonisher, adviser, advocate, alter ego, amigo, backer, backseat driver, best friend, bosom friend, brother, buttinsky, casual acquaintance, close acquaintance, close friend, confidante, consultant, counsel, counselor, Dutch uncle, expert, familiar, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, fidus Achates, friend, guide, inseparable friend, instructor, intimate, kibitzer, lover, man Friday, mate, meddler, mentor, monitor, neighbor, nestor, orienter, other self, partisan, pickup, Polonius, preceptist, repository, right hand, right-hand man, second self, strong right hand, supporter, sympathizer, teacher, well-wisher
 

 

 

 

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